SECTOR GUIDE: PRE-SCHOOL POSH PAWS
Posh Paws has a number of strong licences within its pre-school offering. The firm’s new Doc McStuffinsplush range is off to a solid start, with eight, ten and 12-inch characters available. Each comes with detailed
embroidered features and appears as seen in the television show. Posh Paws is also
introducing Minnie Mouse’s
first Bow Toons plush range, designed especially for the pre-school market. Minnie is as seen in the Disney Junior show, Minnie Bow Toons, and is available in four sizes from eight to 24-inch. Finally, the firm has also recently launched its Marvel plush range. Each character has a chunky design, making them easier for little hands to play with. 01268 567 290
LEGO DUPLO
LEGO Duplo has introduced The Number Train, which is designed to help toddlers learn their numbers through a fun and engaging way. The bricks are an ideal introduction to creative play and building.
Priced at £12.99, the bricks make up train carriages. Selected bricks feature numbers one to ten to help develop basic counting skills during play. Additional bricks will
stimulate young imaginations, ideal for creating a mini platform or station. The train also comes with a driver and his pet dog, and is aimed at two to five year olds. 01753 495000
JOHN CRANE
John Crane is bolstering its Tidlo collection with a number of new lines. The Animal Sorting Cube
RAVENSBURGER
Ravensburger’s extensive jigsaw line includes popular TV characters such as Tree Fu Tom, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Mike the Knight, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Thomas & Friends, Octonauts, Dora the Explorerand Postman Pat among others.
The autumn/winter range
will see new additions to the pre-school line for The Hive, as well as Doc McStuffins and Sofia the First. Film favourites will include Monsters, Inc, Monsters
University, Finding Nemo and Disney Planes. For youngsters aged 18 months and up, the My First Puzzles range includes two, three, four and five-piece puzzles with cute and colourful images. Other formats for pre-
schoolers include giant floor puzzles, the 2 in Box, 3 in Box and 4 in Box, plus clock puzzles, Frametrays, 35-piece formats and shaped boxes. 01869 363 800
sales@ravensburger.com
features eight characters that run across much of the Tidlo products for 2013. Children can match the eight animals and then find their favourite foods. All the pieces then store away neatly in the cube. New additions also join the My First collection, including the My First Xylophone. The toy features five coloured wooden keys and is ideal for early percussion skills. There is also My First Hammer Bench which comes with six different coloured pegs and three different shapes.
RAINBOW DESIGNS
Popular patchwork elephant Elmer is the star of David McKee’s storybooks. Rainbow’s toy collection is designed to help with colours and counting and includes the Elmer Soft Toy and the Large Elmer Soft Toy. It also features a 24- piece Floor Puzzle (with a giant Elmer colour-in scene on the reverse), the Elmer Wooden Peg Puzzle and the Wooden Dominoes Set. Furthermore, parents can expand their pre-
schooler’s collection with the Wooden Pull Along and Wooden Bookends, while there is a back pack which is ideal for nursery. Rainbow Designs also has a number of popular licences in its line-up including The Adventures of Abney & Teal, Lola Loves, Wibbly Pig, The Gruffalo, Stripy Horse, The Enormous Crocodile, Shaun the Sheep, The Snowman, The World of Eric Carle, Puff the Magic Dragon and Paddington The
Adventurous Bear to name just a few. 01329 227300
The mallet stores away in the bench when not in use. Also in the collection is the My First Sorting Cage which contains six different coloured shape blocks. The firm says it helps to teach colour and shape recognition. 01604 774 969 sales@john-
crane.co.uk
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